NYPD detectives have released an image of the woman who mercilessly beat a 75-year-old Brooklyn grandmother after asking the suspect and her friend to pick up their dog’s poop, police said Saturday.
Police are hoping someone will recognize the woman, who was wearing a red sweatshirt with white lettering on it during Monday’s attack on President St. near Troy Ave. in Crown Heights.
Linda Scott was outside her home at about 9 a.m. when she got into an argument with two women with two unleashed dogs.
The Brooklyn grandmother was upset that the women were allowing their dogs to defecate in an empty lot next to her property and hadn’t picked up the dog poop, her son told the Daily News.
Video obtained by The News shows the victim arguing with the dog owner when the woman in red storms up and starts swinging.
The attacker repeatedly punches the elderly victim until she collapses on her front lawn, then kicks her and stomps on her face, the video shows.
A neighbor witnessed the horrific attack rushed over to intervene, Scott’s son Michael Scott told The News.
“If my neighbor didn’t step in, we’d be talking about a murder right now,” Michael Scott said. “My mom just asked the woman to clean up her dog poop. She’s 75 years old, man. Nothing warrants a beatdown like that.”
The woman in red stormed off after the fight. She was last seen heading east on President St. and remained at large Saturday.
Scott was repeatedly punched in the face and body. She suffered injuries to her face and left shoulder and was taken to Interfaith Medical Center for treatment.
“Luckily, she wasn’t hit in the chest. She’s had two heart surgeries,” her son said.
Shortly before the attack, the victim and her son were in their backyard arguing with two women, including Linda’s attacker, after the women’s dogs defecated in a vacant lot adjacent to the Scott family’s home.
That lot has sat empty and abandoned since a fire in 2011, according to the victim’s son.
Michael said that after his mother confronted the dog owners, they accused her of squirting ammonia on the animals. His mother was dousing the lot in ammonia, Michael said, but only to keep wildlife away from the parcel.
“She didn’t throw it on them,” the victim’s son said. “It’s for the rats and raccoons.”
Cops are asking anyone with information regarding the attacker to come forward. Calls can be made to NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.